Ellis Island was a beacon of hope and future prosperity to millions of people. Around the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth century an average of 5,000 to 10,000(History.com) people passed through daily. Freedom was sought after religiously by everyone that walked through the doors. Immigrants came ready to work, ready to do whatever it took to follow the “American Dream”, and ready to fight for the country they sought refuge in, and restricting these people from a place that they have worked so hard to reach would be obscene.
One of the main reasons for immigration is a lack of opportunity in a mother country. A person that is willing to uproot their family and leave everything they’ve ever known behind for a chance at work will take even the most insufferable job. Often times, those jobs were the only jobs available to large groups of unskilled workers, but many of the immigrants came well equipped with their own skill set. Doctors, lawyers, dentists, and artists were all parts of the masses of people sailing in. All of these people were able to make major contributions to American…show more content… There is no good reason to restrict people from doing what millions have harmlessly done before. Every wave of immigrants faces at least a moderate level of prejudice, and the group that came in during the turn of the century was not exempt. Despite the lack of acceptance given to the various groups of people by the American populace, they defended the nation during times of war. A large part of the American military is made up of migrants. These people take pride in a country they barley know because they are the ones building it up. America is a country of immigrants. Some call these people the outcasts, the know-nothings, or the discarded scum, when in reality, they are the essence of the American spirit: underdogs that work hard, and prosper against all
